Scanning quickly through the various response, I noticed that at least one person suggested rur-ple (rur-ple.sf.net), hence Python. I would second that ;-) ... but then, I am biased as the author of rur-ple!
rur-ple is intended to be a complete learning environment for learning programming and Python for complete beginners. At the core of it are a set of lessons (about 40 so far). Before the end of the summer, rur-ple should include a complete tutorial on writing games using Python (and pygames). My goal is for rur-ple to be usable by 10 years old (with guidance) and young adults (by themselves) to learn about programming. Check it out ... and let me know what appeals to you (if anything) and what doesn't. It's free :-) André -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
